Bruno Alves
@thebrunoalves.bsky.social
Writer-Director of the short film "Spooks". You can watch it on Youtube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6LsS8g4Rttc
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Bruno Alves
@thebrunoalves.bsky.social
· Feb 20
Spooks (Super8 short film)
YouTube video by Bruno Alves Short Films
www.youtube.com
A year ago, I wrote, financed, shot and directed a short on Super 8 film (about two spies who know they are characters in a spy movie). In a few months, there will be another one (NOT about two spies who know they are characters in a spy movie), but for now, you can watch (or rewatch) this one here.
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Seriously: I think this is weird, but that's because I'm old and like it when silly rituals stay the same. That sentimentality aside, unyoking the Academy Awards from a network that has seemed increasingly annoyed by their requirements could (COULD, not WILL) be great and liberating.
December 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Seriously: I think this is weird, but that's because I'm old and like it when silly rituals stay the same. That sentimentality aside, unyoking the Academy Awards from a network that has seemed increasingly annoyed by their requirements could (COULD, not WILL) be great and liberating.
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perhaps the best thing about it is that, without having to appease idiotic network execs, the show can do things like, oh i dunno, actually put a spotlight on cinema
hopefully the producers of the show recognize the opportunity, because Letterboxd is only growing, and cinema culture is real
hopefully the producers of the show recognize the opportunity, because Letterboxd is only growing, and cinema culture is real
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
perhaps the best thing about it is that, without having to appease idiotic network execs, the show can do things like, oh i dunno, actually put a spotlight on cinema
hopefully the producers of the show recognize the opportunity, because Letterboxd is only growing, and cinema culture is real
hopefully the producers of the show recognize the opportunity, because Letterboxd is only growing, and cinema culture is real
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Philip Rivers coming out of retirement for one final Charger-ing. You’ve got to respect it
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Philip Rivers coming out of retirement for one final Charger-ing. You’ve got to respect it
If the Bills play the Seahawks in the Super Bowl, it's going to be the weirdest game ever played.
just wait until the seahawks start playing two halves every game, they’ll be unstoppable
December 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If the Bills play the Seahawks in the Super Bowl, it's going to be the weirdest game ever played.
I've missed Philip Rivers as much as the next guy (unless the next guy is Shane Steichen), but the Colts might be better off playing the Single Wing with Jonathan Taylor instead of having Rivers throw wobbly ducks to the bench all game.
December 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I've missed Philip Rivers as much as the next guy (unless the next guy is Shane Steichen), but the Colts might be better off playing the Single Wing with Jonathan Taylor instead of having Rivers throw wobbly ducks to the bench all game.
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Trump’s foreign policy isn’t “noninterventionism,” it is a kind of neo neo conservatism devoted to imposing authoritarian ethnonationalism abroad instead of democracy (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Trump’s foreign policy isn’t “noninterventionism,” it is a kind of neo neo conservatism devoted to imposing authoritarian ethnonationalism abroad instead of democracy (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Unlike we all thought, the Cold War did not end in 1989. It's still going on, and Russia might be close to winning it.
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Unlike we all thought, the Cold War did not end in 1989. It's still going on, and Russia might be close to winning it.
@thepressbox.bsky.social The folks at The Economist might be the kings and queens of pun headlines:
Keir in the headlights: interviewing Britain’s PM
Also on the daily podcast: American executions surge and celebrating playwright Tom Stoppard
www.economist.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
@thepressbox.bsky.social The folks at The Economist might be the kings and queens of pun headlines:
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If Olivia Nuzzi had grown up in Calabasas, she would have been a member of the Bling Ring.
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If Olivia Nuzzi had grown up in Calabasas, she would have been a member of the Bling Ring.
If Olivia Nuzzi had grown up in Calabasas, she would have been a member of the Bling Ring.
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If Olivia Nuzzi had grown up in Calabasas, she would have been a member of the Bling Ring.
"And that's why you always go for it on 4th and short."
November 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"And that's why you always go for it on 4th and short."
MAGA in turmoil.
Bosa sack of Rodgers leading to Mason Rudolph returning to the game no comment yet from the WH
November 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
MAGA in turmoil.
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As basically anyone who’s talked to me since the summer knows, I’ve been working on this for months. Thanks to everyone who shared their insights. (I’ve got a lot more to say in the future, too.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching?
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
As basically anyone who’s talked to me since the summer knows, I’ve been working on this for months. Thanks to everyone who shared their insights. (I’ve got a lot more to say in the future, too.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
I am not familiar with his plays, but I am VERY familiar with his adaptation of Le Carré's THE RUSSIA HOUSE, a brilliant work of adaptation that was underappreciated at the time and remais underrated today.
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I am not familiar with his plays, but I am VERY familiar with his adaptation of Le Carré's THE RUSSIA HOUSE, a brilliant work of adaptation that was underappreciated at the time and remais underrated today.
Saw it a few weeks ago, and it's a brilliant film.
"Once in a while, you see a movie that doesn’t feel made, but extracted from a dreaming mind. It won’t go to you and hand over its meanings. You have to go to it." I reviewed The Secret Agent, my favorite film of 2025. Haunting, beautiful, profound. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...
The Secret Agent movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
This is one of the year’s best films, and one of the most distinctive.
www.rogerebert.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Saw it a few weeks ago, and it's a brilliant film.
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Russia rejected their own peace plan?
Russia flat out rejects Trump's 28-point peace plan: "Even in a reduced military and territorial form, Ukraine would remain a significant danger, requiring us to keep our forces on the western borders."
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Russia rejected their own peace plan?
That Mark Andrews touchdown was chef's kiss.
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
That Mark Andrews touchdown was chef's kiss.
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some scattered thoughts on ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, which i saw last night boxd.it/bJHjTX
A ★★★★ review of One Battle After Another (2025)
This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.
boxd.it
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
some scattered thoughts on ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, which i saw last night boxd.it/bJHjTX
Find someone who loves you as much as Greg Olsen loves going for it on 4th down.
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Find someone who loves you as much as Greg Olsen loves going for it on 4th down.
Nature is healing.
You're telling me Jameis did just enough to be fun before throwing a back-breaking interception with a chance to take the lead?
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Nature is healing.
RELAY is a pretty good movie until the twist that completely ruins pretty much everything that comes before it.
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
RELAY is a pretty good movie until the twist that completely ruins pretty much everything that comes before it.
They are not merely selling their voices. They are selling out every voice actor in the world, and should be ashamed of themselves.
1/2 My current book project deals in part with the fascinating developments in AI voice performance that are moving esp fast on the technical/financial fronts yet seem still overshadowed by broader sociocultural emphases on AI & visual components of media performance.
variety.com/2025/digital...
variety.com/2025/digital...
Matthew McConaughey, Michael Caine Ink Deals for AI-Generated Versions of Their Voices With ElevenLabs
Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have teamed with AI audio company ElevenLabs to produce virtual replications of their famous voices.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
They are not merely selling their voices. They are selling out every voice actor in the world, and should be ashamed of themselves.